“Tt really wasn't a case of
the startérs running up 4
lead and the substitutes
playing adequately in a sup-
porting role,” he said. “In-
stead, all of the girls were
playing so intensely that they
simply took turns going out
and doing a good job.”

Although trailing 8-7 at
quarter time, the Rockettes’
defense had denied the Nel-
sgn crew any easy scoring
opportunities. Hoops by Lisa
Uchida, Rochelle Morandini,
and Leigh‘ Halisheff pushed
the locals in front 13-12 at the
half.

The Rockettes broke the
game apart in the third quar-
ter outscoring the opposition

Halisheff, as she has done
all year, led the point parade
with 12 points. Uchida added

position and each scored a
hoop; more importantly
however, they held Trafal-
gar’s two tall veteran for-
wards to a combined total of
only five points.

“We normally score more
than 86 points, but when the
defense is playing tough it
can keep you in the game
even when you're having
trouble scoring,” commented
Balahura.

For the team, the win
marks its third West Koot-
enay title in the last five
years, and the end of a 192
win-loss season. With ano-

night.
Hulls Penticton Knights

LEIGH HALISHEFF

. - - leading scorer
season game.

the

Hull attributed much of his

ther fine group of younger
players coming from KJSS
prospects for next season are
bright.

Jean Stuckless. Second place

work and that just makes it

By CHERYL CALDERBANK
Staff Writer

The cross-country ski bug who takes a look at the book
British Columbia Cross-country Ski Routes won't be dis-
appointed. a

The revised edition, which was published just five
weeks ago.to coincide with Canadian National Ski Week,
gives all the information anyone will want to know about
the hundreds of miles of ski trails in B.C.

The authors, Richard T. Wright and Rochelle
Wright, are both expert cross-country skiers. Richard
has published many articles in magazines such as B.C.
Outdoors, Field and Stream and Outdoor Canada.

Rochelle has written articles for The Vancouver Sun,
B.C. Outdoors and Nature Canada.

graphical areas which cover the whole of B.C. —
Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, Thompson-Okan-
agan, Kootenay, Cariboo, Skeena and Omineca-Peace.
Each trail described in the book is graded — begin-
ner, intermediate or advanced — and there is a wide

BOOK REVIEW

selection of routes:for exctrievel: The book describes the
‘trails with help of 86 detailed, but easy-to-read maps.
"With each skiing area, 2 description is given of the
facilities found nearby, the distance from the nearest
town, accommodation available as well as local safety
hints.

In this, its third edition, Cross-Country Ski Routes
incorporates many changes and additions made to the
routes since the first edition was published seven years
ago.
The book covers areas that have groomed tracks if
not track-set trails or those suitable for “skinny skiing.”
As well, some longer routes, have been included, such as
the Bowran Lakes route, as an introduction to

of

Cross-Country Ski Routes is divided into seven geo-~

Skiing guide revised

On a local note, the book tells of the beginning of
skiing in B.C. — which began at the top of Red Mountain.
The book also includes local cross-country ski trails
such as the Paulsen Country trails, Red Mountain trails

back-country skiing for those who have ledg
winter camping and survival techniques.

As the Wrights note in their book, “. .. We have
made no attempt to turn this into a how-to book since
there are many such books currently available.”

and ial park on the Salmo-Creston
summit.

British Columbia Cross-Country Ski Routes

By Richard and Rochelle Wright. Published by
Dougias and Mclatyre.

P

renewal by the first of next month.

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you something?

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Please refer to the guide which was mailed along with your Autoplan renewal application

It is extremely important to insure your vehicle in the correct category. If
your vehicle is improperly rated, a claim on your Own Damage coverage
(e.g. Collision, Comprehensive) can be denied and you will be required to
reimburse the Corporation for any Third Party claims paid on your behalf.

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Bowling
tourney
held

The 13th annual Bonnett
Ladies Bowling Tournament
was held Feb. 12 and 18 with
120 bowlers participating,
with the following declared

bough, Kathy Hanham, Ann
Gouk, Cheryl Closkey and

went to the team of Just Us
with 5,686. The team in-
cluded Pearl Mott, Blythe

Elliott, Connie Olsen, Karen
Mykyte and Erma Mykyte.

Mott, Annie Rayner; Sharon
Taylor, Annette Waywoot
and Mona Chernoff.

Erma Mykyte was first in
A High 5 with 1,311, followed
by Mable Postnikoff with
1,122 and Mykyte, third with
1,118. -

A high single went to
Mykyte, first with 302, Pos-
tnikoff, second with 287 and
Postnikoff, third with 277.

Betty Langille was first in
B High 5 with 1,148, Ann
Gouk second with 1,116,
Sharon Taylor third.

Kay Voykin was first in B
high single with 316, Nona
Paulson and Betty Langille
were tied for second with
279.

Caron LeRoy was first in C
high 6 with 944, Ann Hold-

sworth and Kay Hartson.
Team high single, no hand-
icap, went to C Bowlers with
1,128. Team consisted of
Pearl Mott, Blythe Elliott,
Karen Mykyte and Erma
Mykyte and Shirley Merry.

FREESKATE WINNERS . .
pose third and second

Seven Castlegar figure
skaters took part in the
Rocky Mountain Freeskate
Competition held in Cran-
brook, Feb. 24-26.

Andraya Hughes placed
third in the pre-prelimin-
ary ladies 10 and under,
Group B, Susan Ross plac-

. Andraya Hughes (left) and Susan Ross of Castlegar
" rR i"

Id recently in Cranbrook.

ed second in the Juvenile
Ladies 13 and over, Group
B, and Sarah Johnston
placed fourth in the pre-
novice ladies (out of 28
skaters). Other, *dompeti-
tors were Christi Stefon-
iuk, Kimberley Madore,
Stacy Gorkoff, and Shauna

P y at Rocky
Total of 25 clubs took part in the event.

Skaters win medals

Wallace.

A total of 25 clubs from
the Okanagan, Kootenays,
Washington and Alberta
took part in the event.
Castlegar Figure Skating
Club will hold its annual
carnival on March 29th.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS . . . Castlegar Atom All-
Stars, winners of recent Grand Forks House tour-
nament. Team includes: Dustin Rilcot, Aaron Voykin,
Braden Messenger, Clay Bouthillier, Jett Evdokimott,
Russell Stuckless, Clint Heglin, Matthew Kalmakov,

Randy Popott, Adam Pruss, Chris Babakieff, Jason
Batchelor, Asa Oudes, Ryan Jolly, Jon Davoren, Mat-
thew Scott, Neil Jones and coach Tom Campbell.
Missing from photo are Wally Brennan and Kelly Kit-
tson.

Lions move camp

VANCOUVER (CP) —
British Columbia Lions con-
4irmed Tuesday they will
hold their 1984 Canadian
Football League training
camp at Kelowna in south-

THURSDAY
(CURLING — LABATT'S BRIER: 1:30 p.m., 11:55 p.m., channel 9.
HOCKEY — LEAGUE: CI t

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ginning May 19.,

The Lions had trained the
last seven years at Court-
enay on Vancouver Island.

series, Moun-

p.m., old arena.

HOCKEY — MIDGET 8 Ti

Oilers, 5 p.m., channel 9.
Kolesnikotf, 8 p.m., old arena.

tain Sports Hut vs. Williams Moving, 10 p.m., arena complex.
GENTLEMEN'S LEAGUE: Kalesnikolf vs. Gander Creek, 8:15

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arena complex. Castlegar vs. Nelson, 7:30 p.m. s
LEAGUE: Dairy Queen vs. Hi Arrow, 9:30 p.m., old arena. NHL:
Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Black Hawks 8 p.m., channel 13.
CURLING — LABATT’S BRIER: 11:25 p.m., channel 9.

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By ALAN HOBSON
Take a good, long look at
Felix\Belézyk. He's part of
a new
male downhillers. “The
Crazy Canucks” are all but

extingt. ‘
. Bele¥, 22, of Castle-
gar, is qui calm and cal-

culating. Joey Lavigne,
Canada’s men's downhill

of things to come.

“Brooker (Todd Brook-
er) is probably the last of
The Crazy Canucks. Our
second generation of down-
hillers view the sport as
a highly developed skill.
Felix typifies that atti
tude.”

Belezyk, born in Cal-
gary, has lived almost all
his life in Castlegar, was
introduced to skiing at age
two and at 13 won the first
ski race he entered.

From there, his atten-
tion captured, he rocketed
through the junior ranks to
a position on the B.C. team
by age 18. In January 1981,
he earned a berth on Can-
ada’s men's downhill team.

“The speed, challenge
and excitement of the
downhill really caught my
interest,’ he recalls. “It’s
also my best event.”

Belezyk admits the
downhill scares him. But
he says he isn't afraid of
fear.

“Being scared is a nec-
essary factor for me to ski
well. If I'm not scared, I
usually don't have a good
run.”

At the beginning of this
season, after just one year

Belczyk part
of new breed

breed of Canadian

coach, says he's the spirit '

FELIX BELCZYK
second generation

on the World Cup cireuit,
Belezyk was ranked 50th in
the world. Lavigne says he
won't stay there long.

“He's a young, strong
and very capable skier
who's coming up the ranks
at a consistent rate. He has
the potential to be as good
as Steve (Podborski), Ken
(Read) and the old guys.
He'll definitely receive
more attention in the near
future.”

Belezyk says he favors a
thoughtful, analytical ap-
proach to a sport which
appears to offer remark
ably little time for such
luxuries.

“When I leave the start
ing gate, I've thought
things out. I know what I
have to do.

I like to know there's a
possibility of making it.”

(Alan Hobson writes for
the Athlete Information
Bureau in Ottawa.)

Recreation news

Atoms win
Grand Forks
house tourney

A team of Castlegar Atom
hockey players coached by
Tom Campbell won the third
annual East-West Atom
House Tournament held in
Grand Forks Feb. 24-26.

On the first night, Castle
gar defeated Trail's Koot
enay Data team 10-9. oring
for Castlegar were Ryan Jol.
ly with four goals, Asa Oudes
two goals, Jason Batchelor
two goals, Aaron Voykin and
Braden Messenger with one
goal each.

Saturday morning Castle
gar defeated Beaver Valley
Motor Inn 9-4. Scoring for
Castlegar were Ryan Jolly
with three goals, Aaron Voy
kin two goals. Single goals
were scored by Jason Bat
ehelor, Jeff Evdokimoff,

Mathew Kalmakov and Clay
Bouthillier.

Saturday evening-
Castlegar and Nelson Shop-
pers Dekers battled to a 6-6
tie. Ryan Jolly and Clay
Bouthiller scored two goals
each with singles by Dustin
Rilcof and Russell

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Sunday's exciting _ final
game matched Castlegar
against Trail Shoppers Drug.
After 60 minutes of close play
both teams were tied 5-5.
Castlegar scored the winning
goal midway through the
five-minute overtime period
and took first place overall.
Scoring all six goals for
Castlegar was Ryan Jolly
who finished the tournament
with a total of 15 goals and
two assists.

Midget tournament

Castlegar Midget B hockey
team is hosting a six-team
invitational tournament this

D.Q. plays well

By CasNews Staff

Dairy Queen played well
defensively in Castlegar Gen-
tlemen’s Hockey League ac-
tion over the weekend, al-
though the team lost both of
its games.

Monday night, they held
first-place Kalesnikoff to only
one goal, the final score being
10 in favor of Kalesnikoff.
Friday night, Bill's defea‘
Dairy Queen 1-0. .

In other weekend games,
Hi Arrow tied Bill's 7-7 on
Sunday while Gander Creek
tied Trans-X 88. Gander
Creek defeated Hi Arrow 9-6
on Friday night.

Kalesnikoff has 64 points
for first place in the league,
followed by Gander Creek

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who are second with 61
points. Bill's Heavy Duty is
third with 34 points, Dairy
Queen trails with 33 for
fourth place. Trans-X is fifth
with 30 and Hi Arrow last
with a 26-point total.

The answer to last week's
trivia question — What day is
May 16th? — is the Second
Great Canadian Participac
tion Challenge. If you haven't
heard of the Participaction
Challenge, keep your ears
and eyes open because
Castlegar is one of 50 com
munities in Canada that has
accepted the Challenge. This
challenge is a one-day inter-
city fitness project aimed at
motivating millions of Can-
adians to participate in any
physical activity that makes
your heart beat faster for 15
continuous minutes.

We would like everyone in
the community to participate
in this event, children, stu-
dents, adults and the dis-
abled. Participating citizens
and groups will simply reg-
ister their participation. Fol-
lowing the competition, four
“fit cities” will be acclaimed.
Winners will be determined
on the basis of the highest
percentage of the population
participating.

Castlegar will be compet-
ing against Sackville, Iro-
quois Falls, Flin Flon, Happy
Valley-Goose Bay and many

Draw held
for bear
hunt

Authorizations for the lim-
ited entry spring grizzly bear
hunt in the Kootenays are in
the mail to hunters whose
applications were selected
in a random draw held Feb. 9
in Victoria. Officiating at the
draw was Lisa Czapla of the
Fish and Wildlife Branch.

There were 1,457 applica-
tions received by the Min-
istry of Environment for the
248 authorizations available.

Applicants unsuccessful in
the draw are also being ‘noti-
fied by mail. All applicants
are requested to allow at
least 10 days for delivery of
the mail before phening to
enquire about the results of
the draw.

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accept the Challenge — help
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Winter Fitness
Session two of our winter
fitness classes start March
26th. We will be offering a
wide variety of classes. We
have beginner and intermed-
iate jazz dance, stretch pro-
grams, beginner and inter-
mediate and advanced aer-
obie programs as well as
men’s fitness classes. We also
offer children’s Variety Hour
at the same time as our
morning fitness classes as
well as a babysitting service
at our Tuesday and Thursday
morning aerobic class. So
come in and register today.
All fitness classes are $20 for
eight weeks of fitness action.
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A clinie for any person in-
terested in becoming a future
Jackrabbit Cross-country Ski
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Saturday, March 17 from 8
a.m. to noon at the Nelson
Golf Course. As well a Level I
Cross Country Skiing Coach.
ing Certification Course will
be held March 17 and 18. For
further information phone
365-3883.

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plex.

Participating teams are
from Lethbridge, Cranbrook,
Kaslo, Trail, Nelson and
Castlegar.

Action gets underway at
6 p.m. Friday night and be-
gins at 7 a.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Castlegar Midget B
team plays its first game at
7:30 p.m. Friday night
against Nelson. The local
team will also play at 10:30
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